![]() Nickole Li, senior game designer, said that weather events will be unpredictable. A tornado might sweep up soldiers, tanks, and planes, throwing players across the map - or letting them hijack another player’s ride in mid-air and fly away to safety. Tornados, sandstorms, and other real-time events will add chaos to those maps. DICE says it plans to launch 2042 with seven maps. And Orbital, set in French Guiana, features a massive rocket launch (which DICE says can fail, leading to mass destruction). Discarded, a map set in India, has players fighting to secure a “rogue nuclear asset” on a shoreline filled with massive ships stranded on land due to changing sea levels. In Antarctica, players will ride hovercrafts and tanks over glaciers in a fight for natural resources on Irreversible, the game’s largest map at nearly 6 square kilometers. ![]() ![]() Players will wage war in Egypt on a map bisected by a massive wall, with lush greenery on one side and a desert landscape, where sandstorms can form, on the other. EA did not announce specifics, but calls the third mode “a love letter to Battlefield fans and one that long-time players will feel right at home with.” A reveal of DICE LA’s contribution to Battlefield 2042 is planned for July 22, during Electronic Arts’ EA Play Live event.Ī player dives in a wingsuit over Egypt, in Battlefield 2042’s Renewal mapīattlefield 2042’s maps look varied not just in size, but thematically and geographically. The third to-be-announced multiplayer experience is in development at DICE LA. The second experience is called Hazard Zone, which Battlefield 2042 design director Daniel Berlin described as focusing on “tight squad play” that’s distinctly different from All-Out Warfare and “completely new for Battlefield.” Berlin and others at DICE stressed that Hazard is “not a battle royale mode.” Players fight to capture points on the map, and DICE promises lots of action and chaotic Battlefield moments. Breakthrough, a more guided mode in which one team attacks while another defends.Conquest, in which two teams fight for advantage over a play space that aims for “varied pacing” and moments where there are a large number of players that collide, resulting in chaos.DICE announced two game types for All-Out Warfare: The first, All-Out Warfare, is classic Battlefield gameplay, only amplified with bigger maps and higher player counts. That includes Boston Dynamics-style quadruped robots, drones, wing suits, and futuristic tanks and warplanes.Ī soldier glides in Battlefield 2042’s new wing suit Image: DICE/Electronic ArtsĪll those weapons of war, the massive maps, and, yes, the chaos-causing tornadoes, will contribute to generating those only-in-Battlefield moments in the game’s multiplayer sandbox.ĭICE promises at least three multiplayer experiences for Battlefield 2042. ![]() Players will have access to the kind of technology unavailable in DICE’s most recent Battlefield games, set in World War I ( Battlefield 1) and World War II ( Battlefield 5). ![]() Every battle is a fight for territory, for resources, or for technology.Īt least the future also looks fun. The battles of Battlefield 2042 span the globe: South Korea, India, Singapore, Qatar, Antarctica. Non-patriated soldiers, “No-Pats” in Battlefield’s marketing and narrative, fight not for country, but for the salvation of the planet and self-preservation. Rising sea levels, environmental collapse, and economic turmoil have shattered nations and scattered their armies. Instead, DICE will deliver its narrative over time through Battlefield 2042’s live service and seasonal content. (Last-gen consoles will max out at 64 players.) The focus is on multiplayer there’s no traditional single-player campaign this time, DICE general manager Oskar Gabrielson confirmed in a preview of the game last week. The developer’s newest shooter promises the same “only-in-Battlefield moments” on a grander scale, thanks to futuristic weapons of war, real-time destructive weather like tornadoes and sandstorms, and massive maps that support up to 128 players at once.īattlefield 2042 is being built for PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X, the platforms that will support those 128 player counts. DICE’s Battlefield series will return to the modern era - the near future - with Battlefield 2042 on Oct. ![]()
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